Tag Archives: 2024 Paris Olympics

According to Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s announcement on Friday, the French capital will honor the memory of Rebecca Cheptegei, the late Ugandan Olympian by dedicating a sporting complex in her honor. The Ugandan marathon runner passed away on Thursday, four days after her former partner in Kenya doused her in gasoline and lit her ablaze. Cheptegei made her Olympic debut ...

A year after being excluded from the World Championships for allegedly failing a gender eligibility test, Imane Khelif won gold in women’s boxing in the Olympics. In the midst of a scandal that has overtaken the Paris boxing competitions, the Algerian finally took home gold. She defeated Yang Liu, the world champion of China, by a unanimous decision to win ...

Uganda’s representative in the 200m at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics Tarsis Orogot has asked for a diplomatic passport to enable him to compete easily. This is after he failed to make the finals of the men’s 200m which are slated for tonight. Orogot was a surprise rise in the games especially to Ugandans since he was unheard of before ...

Uganda’s only participant in the men’s 3000m steeplechase Leonard Chemutai sadly missed out on an Olympic medal in the 3000m steeplechase. Chemutai was a very promising athlete in the buildup of these games and in the trials. However, things didn’t go as planned for him in the finals last night. This is after he was stepped on with just less ...

Olympic tennis champion and legendary player Serena Williams called out a famous restaurant in Paris known as Peninsula for denying her a seat to eat with her children. She said that by the time she got to the restaurant it was empty but they couldn’t allow her to access the rooftop to sit and get some food. The tennis ex-player ...